War Diary of World War One for Friday, October 9, 1914: Eastern Front Poland: Austro-Germans approach Ivangorod fortress (Schwarz) on river Vistula. Galicia: Austrians relieve Przemysl. Western Front Antwerp: 1,560 […]
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WW2 War Diary for Sunday, October 8, 1944: Western Front US 1st Army attacks east of Aachen; US 3rd Army strikes between Metz and Nancy. Sea War British-Canadian troops of
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WW2 War Diary for Sunday, October 8, 1939: Politics Evacuation of the Baltic Germans. 50,000 German-speaking citizens of Latvia are to be ‘repatriated’ to the Reich (first group leaves by
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War Diary of World War One for Thursday, October 8, 1914: Western Front Flanders: Foch takes supreme command as Joffre’s assistant of Allied armies between Lille and the coast. Sir
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WW2 War Diary for Saturday, October 7, 1944: Russian Front Russian 14th Army attacks in North Finland. Western Front US 1st Army penetrates Siegfried Line north of Aachen. Germans counter-attack
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War Diary of World War One for Wednesday, October 7, 1914: Western Front Belgium: Evacuation of Allied forces begins. 4 German brigades cross river Scheldt and threaten their line of
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WW2 War Diary for Saturday, October 7, 1939: Sea War Transport of BEF to France completed – entirely without loss – under protection of British and French naval forces (161,000
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WW2 War Diary for Friday, October 6, 1944: Western Front Canadians cross Leopold Canal (Belgium). Air War Germany: Heavy day (810 t of bombs by USAAF) and night raids on
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War Diary of World War One for Tuesday, October 6, 1914: Eastern Front Poland and Galicia: General Russian retreat, having lost 8,000 men and 9 guns to Germans since September
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WW2 War Diary for Friday, October 6, 1939: Politics Hitler‘s ‘Peace Plan’ speech to the Reichstag. Hitler claims that the total collapse and partition of Poland has removed the necessity
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WW2 War Diary for Thursday, October 5, 1939: Poland End of Polish campaign. Germans ‘mopping up’ Polish troops still at large between river Vistula and river Bug. Hitler flies to
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WW2 War Diary for Thursday, October 5, 1944: Home Front Germany: 16-year-old youths to be conscripted for military service. All hospitals placed under miliÂtary control. Nazi party and Hitler Youth
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War Diary of World War One for Monday, October 5, 1914: Air War Western Front: First air combat victory by an machine-gun-armed Allied plane: Sergeant Frantz and Corporal Quenault (French)
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War Diary of World War One for Sunday, October 4, 1914: Eastern Front Tsar arrives at STAVKA, visits Osovyets on October 8. Poland: ÂAUSTRO-GERMAN OFFENÂSIVE TOWARDS WARSAW BEGINS. Austrian First
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WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, October 4, 1944: Russian Front Russians reach Pancevo, 16 km from Belgrade. Air War Europe: Heavy daylight raid on Bergen U-boat base by fighter-escorted Lancaster
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